Effect of Sowing Time and Planting Geometry on Yield and Economics of Mustard (Brassica juncea)

Author: P.C. Lalruatfeli*, A.A. Choudhary, N.R. Mairan and T. Pareek

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Abstract

Due to changing climatic condition such as the shift in onset and withdrawal of monsoon, shift in temperature where the lowest temperature that usually occurs during the middle of December has somehow shifted further. As a result, the desired cooler temperature does not coincide with the flowering period under conventional sowing time. So the time of sowing of mustard has to be adjusted to coincide the time of flowering with the occurrence of lower temperature of the season. A field experiment was conducted at Agronomy Farm, College of Agriculture, Nagpur (Maharashtra), India during rabi season of 2020- 21. Mustard var. TAM-108-1 was grown on clayey soil, medium in available nitrogen, low in phosphorous and very high in potassium having pH 7.7. The experiment was laid out in Factorial Randomized Block Design with 12 treatment combinations replicated three times. The treatments consist of three sowing dates [First week of November (S1), Second week of November (S2) and Third week of No

Keywords

Mustard, Sowing time, Planting geometry, Economics.

Conclusion

It may be concluded that among the sowing time, first week of November was found to be the optimum time of sowing mustard with significantly superior yield and yield attributes and economics over second week of November and third week of November. Among the planting geometries, 45 × 10 cm and 45 × 15 cm was found to be the optimum spacing for getting better growth and yield of mustard. Growing of mustard under closer spacing reduced the growth and yield of mustard.

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Lalruatfeli, P.C., Choudhary, A.A., Mairan, N.R. and Pareek, T. (2021). Effect of Sowing Time and Planting Geometry on Yield and Economics of Mustard (Brassica juncea). Biological Forum – An International Journal, 13(3a): 266-269.